Dropbox - Upload file actions

This section features that various methods in which you can upload your files unto Dropbox via the Dropbox connector.

Upload file using file contents

Upload a file to Dropbox by providing the file contents. If a file with the same name already exists in the folder, action will fail.

The following image is an example of uploading a file using File contents from the action Download file

Download & upload file in Dropbox

Input fields

Field name	Description
Folder	The folder where the new file will be uploaded
File name	Name for the uploaded file.
File contents	File contents can be obtained using action Download file in Dropbox connector or other connectors.
Obtain a direct URL to file	Whether to generate a public URL that lives for 4 hours.

Output fields

Field name	Description
Path	File path.
Bytes	File size in bytes.
Size	File size in string format.
Mime type	The Mime type of this file.
URL	File's public URL. Can be used to download file using the Workato file connector.
URL expires	Date/time the file's public URL will expire.
Rev	A unique identifier for the current revision of the file.
Modified	Date/time the file was last modified.
Client modified time	This is the modification time set by the desktop client when the file was added to Dropbox. Since this time is not verified (the Dropbox server stores whatever the desktop client sends up), this should only be used for display purposes (such as sorting) and not, for example, to determine if a file has changed or not.

Upload file from URL

Upload a file to Dropbox by providing as input the public URL where the file can be found. If a file with the same name already exists in the folder, action will fail.

Upload file from URL

Input fields

Field name	Description
Source URL	Upload file from this public URL.
Folder path	The folder where the new file will be uploaded to.
File name	Name for the uploaded file. If not entered, the name is automatically determined from the source URL.
Obtain a direct URL to file?	Whether or not to generate a public URL that is valid for 4 hours.

Output fields

Field name	Description
Path	File path.
Bytes	File size in bytes.
Size	File size in string format.
Mime type	The Mime type of this file.
URL	File's public URL. Can be used to download file using the Workato file connector.
URL expires	Date/time the file's public URL will expire.
Rev	A unique identifier for the current revision of the file.
Modified	Date/time the file was last modified.
Client modified time	This is the modification time set by the desktop client when the file was added to Dropbox. Since this time is not verified (the Dropbox server stores whatever the desktop client sends up), this should only be used for display purposes (such as sorting) and not, for example, to determine if a file has changed or not.

Upload multiline file

This action allows you to upload a multiline file with details from your input.

Upload multiline file

Input fields

Field name	Description
File path	The folder where the new file will be uploaded to. Full file path including extension and folders, for example, /folder 1/folder2/filename.txt
Header line	The line that you wish to add as a header to your multiline file. A newline will be added to the end of this line unless it already ends with one.
Content lines	The details of the lines that you wish to upload.
- Content lines source list	The source list of the lines that you wish to upload.
- Line	The name of a single line to be uploaded. A newline will be added to the end of each line unless it already ends with one.

Output fields

Field name	Description
File name	The name of the uploaded multiline file.
Lower case path	The lower case path of the uploaded file.
Display path	The display path of the uploaded file.